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Featured Resource
Headcase : LGBTQ Writers and Artists on Mental Health and Wellness by Publication Date: 2019eBook
Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness.
Books
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Call Number: Fennell STACKS E98.S9 .T35 2018Publication Date: 2018
Day Nine: A Postpartum Depression Memoir by Call Number: Fennell STACKS RG852 .M86A3 2019Publication Date: 2019
Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Call Number: Fennell STACKS RG852 .W66 2019Publication Date: 2019
Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope by Call Number: Fennell STACKS RC514 .M47 2021Publication Date: 2021
My Kind of Sad: What It's Like to Be Young and Depressed by Call Number: Fennell STACKS RC537 .S38 2006Publication Date: 2006
eBooks
After the War : Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture by Publication Date: 2018
Art from Adversity: A Life With Bipolar by Publication Date: 2012
Dancing with Ophelia: Reconnecting Madness, Creativity, and Love by Publication Date: 2018
Illuminating Schizophrenia by Publication Date: 2013
Living Recovery: Youth Speak Out on “Owning” Mental Illness by Publication Date: 2015
Out of the Madhouse: An Insider's Guide to Managing Depression and Anxiety by Publication Date: 2018
Videos
- You Can't Ask That: Bipolar Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)
Do you have a “split personality?” Do you feel the phases coming on? Can you be cured? Canadians managing life with bipolar disorder set the record straight about this misrepresented illness. - You Can't Ask That: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)Is anxiety “real?” Why don’t you snap out of it? Do you hate socializing? Anxiety is gaining more social acceptance, but severe generalized anxiety disorder is still sorely misunderstood.
- You Can't Ask That: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)Often misunderstood and thought of as only a “soldier’s disease,” post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect anyone who has experienced any kind of trauma. These survivors tell their stories and dispel those myths.
- You Can't Ask That: Schizophrenia (Video Duration 22 minutes)You know the voices aren’t real, right? Are you dangerous? How hard is it to have a relationship? People living with schizophrenia talk about what it’s like, and how they stay well in a society that is often quick to judge.